It is a day of sabbath rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath. The Day of Atonement as a Sabbath of Sabbaths, beginning at evening on the ninth and continuing through the tenth — the sundown-to-sundown observance that the Jewish tradition maintains as the definition of the day. The evening beginning reflects the creation week's structure (evening and morning constitute the day) and communicates that the holy day begins as the ordinary day ends.

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